Update:The South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education anticipates putting a resolution regarding the secondary school proposals on the agenda for Board consideration and action at the March 5 meeting. Story on the Feb. 22 discussion of the proposals to come.

After months of listening to school administration explain and answer questions about proposed changes to middle school and high school class levels, the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education will finally get down to the business of discussing the proposals at tonight's meeting.

However, no action will be taken on the proposals tonight.

A proposal to reduce the number of levels in the middle schools and phase in the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme was introduced in December. Then, a proposal to restructure levels at Columbia High School was unveiled in January. Subsequently, three public meetings — for which questions were pre-submitted as well as taken from index cards filled out by audience members — were held in December, January and February. [Read about the meetings here, here and here.]

Also on tonight's Board of Education disucssion agenda:

• 2012-2013 Budget Discussion
• Discussion Of Proposed Teacher Effectiveness And Accountability Act For The Children Of New Jersey (TEACH) Act, S1455
• Curriculum Revision Plans For 2012-13 For PE K-5, Science 6-8, Social Studies K, 1, 3, And 4

The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. and takes place at the Board of Education building at 525 Academy Street in Maplewood. It will also be televised on local public access cable.